Dinner-pail.



v D. H. MORRELL.

DINNER Pm.. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 6, 1909; 963,621. Patented July',1910. l 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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DAVID H. MORRELL, OF MARION, INDIANA.

DINNER-FAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application led December 6, 1909. Serial No. 531,602.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. MORRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marion, county of Grant, State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Dinner-Fails, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a dinner pail and particularly to aconstruction having a plurality of receptacles adapted to be heated.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improvedconstruction embodying a pail or bucket provided with a heating deviceand a liquid receptacle disposed to be heated thereby together withother receptacles adapted to be heated by the steam from the liquidreceptacle.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention; Fig. 2 is avertical cross section thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsection thereof; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective showing the parts ofthe heated receptacles separated.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

The numeral 10 designates the body of the pail or receptacle which isprovided with a series of screened draft openings 11 and a slide door 12mounted in ways 13 to permit the insertion within the receptacle of aheater 14 which may be of any desired construction or configuration.This heater may comprise a liquid burner and is slidingly mounted inways 15 at its opposite sides and provided with a handle 16 forwithdrawal through the opening in the pail covered by closure 12. Withinthe pail a liquid receptacle 17 is supported by means of brackets 18.The pail may be of any desired configuration but is here shown as ovalwith the bracket 18 at its opposite ends. Y

The cover 19 of the liquid receptacle is provided with a handle 20 andwith a depending flange 21 spaced from said receptacle 10. This flangehas mounted thereon a swing plate 22 formed with an aperture 23 adaptedto engage a pin 24 mounted upon the liquid receptacle 17. The cover 19is also formed with a depending flange 25 within which a receptacle 26,for vegetables or other articles to be heated, is disposed. Thisreceptacle is provided w1th partitions 27 to permit the separate heatingof different articles of food by the steam or vapors arising from theliquid within the receptacle 17. The receptacle 26 is retained upon thecover 19 by means of clasps 28 mounted upon the cover flange 25 andengaging the bottom of the receptacle 26 as shown in Fig. 3. The cover19 is also provided with spring members 29 which engage the partitions27 in order to effect the removal of the receptacle 26 from the cover bytheir pressure thereon. The cover is provided with apertures 30 topermit the escape of steam from the liquid receptacle and also withapertures 31 to permit the escape of vapor from the receptacle 26.

The pail 10 is provided with a flanged cover 32 having apertures 33therein to effeet a proper draft for the heater about the sides of theliquid receptacle 17 which is spaced from the side walls of the pail.Upon the top of this cover a receptacle 34 is provided for pastry orother articles and this receptacle has a cover 35 tted thereover andformed with a deflected flange 36 disposed above the apertures 33 fromthe pail 10. The cover 32 is provided at each end with pivoted fasteners37 adapted to engage a lug 38 carried by the bail brackets 39 secured tothe pail 10. Upon these brackets, a handle bail 40 is mounted forconvenience in transporting the pail.

In the operation of the invention it will be seen that the heater can beconveniently removed for filling and replaced beneath the liquidreceptacle which, when heated, will heat the receptacle 26 supported byits cover while the steam escaping from the latter receptacle and fromthe liquid receptacle comes into contact with the receptacle carried bythe pail cover so as to heat it with out imparting any moisture thereto.This permits Vegetables or other articles to be properly heated in thereceptacle 2 6 while pastry may be similarly heated in the cover 35tending Within the receptacle, and a lfood vreceptacle detachablymounted upon said 60 Y ried by the inner face of said bucket, a liquidreceptacle 34, and the escape of steam or vapor from both the heater andthe receptacleheated thereby is deflected so as notl to come 'intocontactivvith the handof the person carrying the pail While a properventila- V tion and ydraft for theheater is Aalso pro` vided.

The construction prevents tile'steamfllor Y Y odor from.v one article.or'liquid from affect-AH ing another, "While the several receptaclescan be readily ,separatedA from each otherk When desired forvuse. vItWill .therefore be- :seen *that ythe"invention `presents a simple,

'.e'flicient and economically constructed yand Vcompactiy; arranged formof a dinner pail in which anumberof articles may be heated and servedwhen desired for use and Which Y '-.steam from the liquid receptacle.

Having described Lmy invention 'and set forth its merits what I claimand desire Vto secure byk Letters Patent is- Y Y 1; yardinner pail, a1bucket, a heater disposed therein, 'a liquid receptacle sup# portedabove said heater, arcover for said liquid receptacle having fa:depending flange spaced fromthe'l Walls of the buckety and exiiange.V Yn f2. In a. dinner pail, a bucket, a heater disposed therein, a liquidreceptacle supported above saidheater, ka cover yfor said i liquidreceptacle having a `depending flange extending Within the receptacle, afood receptacle supported upon the inner face of said '.cover, a coverforY said Vbucket having` Y ydraf-t openings in its top,rand areceptacle upon itsupper face. v i

3. In. Va dinner pail, a bucket, a heater `disposed therein, a liquidreceptacle supported above said heater, a cover for said liquidreceptacle having a depending flange extend- Ving ivithinthe receptacle,a food receptacle supported upon the inner face of said cover, a coverfor said bucket having draft openings and la receptacle upon itsupperface provided vvith a cover having anges disposedabove :said draftopenings inthecover l' of .said bucket.Y

4. In a dinner pail, a bucket, a heater mounted therein, supportingbrackets carreceptacle mounted upon said brackets, a coverfor saidreceptacle having atlange depending Within the receptacle, a foodreceptacle mountedv Within said flange, and means carried by said flangefor retaining saidfood receptacle.Y Y i 5.v In a dinnerv pail, a bucket,a heater mounted therein, supporting brackets car- V ried by the innerface of said bucket, a liquid yrmeceptacle mounted upon said brackets, a

covenforsaid receptacle having a .flangedepending `Within thereceptacle, a foodreceptacle mounted Within said flange, a spring claspcarried byV said iiange to engage the bottom of said food receptacle,and a spring mounted upon the inner face of said cover to normally forcethe food receptacle away therefrom.

`6. In a dinner pail, a bucket, a heaterBO mounted. therein, supportingbrackets carried by the inner face of said bucket, a liquid receptaclemounted upon said brackets, a coverfor said receptacle having a angedepending Within the receptacle, a food re- `K8.5 ceptacle mountedWithin said, flange, a spring clasp carried by said iiange to engage thebottomY of said food receptacle, a swing Aclasp carried by said cover,and aco -erating latch member carried by the vliquidY re90 -Yceptacle toengage. said clasp.`

In a kdinner pail, a bucket provided with draft openings at'its lowerportion, a heater disposed therein, a cover for said bucket providedWithy draft openings in its top and a receptacleupon its upper face, acover for said receptacle'having inclined depending flanges disposed4above the draft Vopenings of the'bucket cover, and a food receptaclesupported Within .said bucket.

d'8. YI-n a Adinner pail, a bucket provided with draft openings'at itslower portion, a

heater disposed therein, an apertured cover :for said bucket providedwith a receptacle Hupon its upper face, a cover for said recep- '105tacle having inclined flanges disposed above Ithe apertures of the.bucket cover, a liquid receptacle supported Within said bucket, and anapertured cover secured to said liquid receptacle. l

9. In a dinner pail, a bucket provided With draft openingslat its lowerportion, a

heater disposed therein, an apertured cover fory said bucket providedwith areceptacle upon its upper face, a cover for said recepr taclehaving inclined flanges 'disposed above the apertures of the bucketcover, a liquid V.receptacle supported Within said bucket, an

apertured cover secured to said liquid receptacle, and a food receptacle:supported "120 from the inner Vface of the-liquid receptacle cover andWithinsaid liquid receptacle.

l 10. .In a dinner fpail, a bucket provided Withdraft openings at itslower portion, a

heater disposed therein, an apertured cover '125 for .said .bucketprovided with a receptacle upon its upper face, a cover for saidreceptaele having inclined anges disposed above the apertures of thebucket cover, a liquid receptacle supported Within said bucket, anapertured cover secured to said liquid receptaele, a food receptaclesupported from the inner face of the liquid receptacle cover and Withinsaid liquid receptacle, means for retaining said ood receptacle upon theliquid receptacle cover, and means for automatie- 10 ally separatingsaid food receptacle from said cover.

In testimony whereof I atx my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

DAVID H. MORRELL. Witnesses:

CHRIS DREITZLER, TI-IADEUS E. SMITH.

